Daily Tech News 27 May 2026

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California is considering an exemption from its sweeping age verification requirements for open-source operating systems such as Linux. (Tom's Hardware)

Which is nice because the law is stupid, totalitarian, and completely unenforceable anyway.

Interesting point: Android, ChromeOS, MacOS, and iOS are all based on open-source code. The only popular operating system that isn't is Windows.

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Now it's TSMC's turn to face angry workers. (Tom's Hardware)

A bit of an own goal this time around. TSMC staff have traditionally been paid a bonus based on corporate profits, but the company has been planning to cut the percentage paid to staff in order to fund capital expansion. I don't think anyone is hurting - like many other chipmakers the company is making record profits, so we're talking a reduced share of a much larger pie - but Taiwanese workers will be looking at the huge bonuses won by their counterparts in South Korea. And judging.
The CTO of Uber pointed out the obvious: There is no link between AI token spend and shipping working software. (Tom's Hardware)

Except maybe an inverse one.
Every silver lining has a cloud: Search engine DuckDuckGo reports install rates are up 30% from users fleeing Google. (Tech Crunch)

Quack.
Nvidia's Vera server CPU has been benchmarked and it's not Earth-shaking but it's perfectly decent. (Phoronix)

I'm a bit confused about the high bandwidth numbers, because the tests seem to exceed the theoretical bandwidth of the system, but I'm not going to worry too much since nobody's going to be able to buy one anyway.
That weird new Ferrari Luce electric vehicle? Designed with the involvement of the company of former Apple design head Jony Ive. (The Verge) (archive site)

You're driving it wrong.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: German always works.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:35 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at May 27, 2026 04:37 AM (6wpGE)

2 Thank you, Pixy! Hoping that the workfires have been smothered.

Posted by: m at May 27, 2026 04:38 AM (6wpGE)

3 Hello techsters. Particularly M and Pixy

Posted by: Pete Bog at May 27, 2026 04:38 AM (YZcg9)

4 Howdy.

Hope alla yall are well...

Posted by: JQ at May 27, 2026 04:38 AM (rdVOm)

5 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at May 27, 2026 04:40 AM (Ia/+0)

6 >>>Straightcougarftw

NSFW? By that labeling....

Posted by: m at May 27, 2026 04:40 AM (6wpGE)

7 Celebrating Paxton's win here in Italy. Lots of texans in town -- tonight will be fun!

Posted by: LASue at May 27, 2026 04:42 AM (E31IE)

8 oh, my

Teenagers
Song by My Chemical Romance ‧ 2006

They said, "All teenagers scare the livin' xxxx out of me"
They could care less as long as someone'll bleed
So darken your clothes, or strike a violent pose
Maybe they'll leave you alone, but not me

Posted by: m at May 27, 2026 04:45 AM (6wpGE)

9 Around AI token spending:

When moronic upper management explicitly tells their software weasels that they will be evaluated on their level of AI use and are then surprised that those software weasels max out AI use...

Well, I didn't use moronic lightly. IMO, those morons could be replaced by LLMs without much loss of productivity. If any at all.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 27, 2026 04:49 AM (gtc90)

10 from the ONT:

31 Howdy everyone. If you're so inclined, prayers requested for my mom. She's back in the hospital. Very weak from one or more infections. Sleeping a lot. Not really talking when she's alert for a few minutes.
Posted by: Doof at May 26, 2026 10:13 PM (QMAsf)

Posted by: m at May 27, 2026 04:50 AM (6wpGE)

11 Ferrari Luce’s starting price is $640,000. That isn't its biggest flaw. That would be the charging port on the bottom of the car meaning you have to turn it over to charge it.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 27, 2026 04:54 AM (glnUu)

12 If a Tuesday Overnight Open Thread (a "Tuesday ONT") could be recast as a TOOT, then a Wednesday Overnight Open Thread could be a WOOT.

Posted by: m at May 27, 2026 04:56 AM (6wpGE)

13 Pixy, as a highly respected, influential and internationally recognized connoisseur of laptops, what Is the one essential size?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 27, 2026 04:58 AM (glnUu)

14 " [...] what Is the one essential size?"

Boobs, cock, or laptop screen?

Posted by: Richard Cranium at May 27, 2026 05:00 AM (gtc90)

15 11 Ferrari Luce’s starting price is $640,000. That isn't its biggest flaw. That would be the charging port on the bottom of the car meaning you have to turn it over to charge it.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 27, 2026 04:54 AM (glnUu)

No worries, an Apple designer was involved, so I'm sure they'll develop a charging pad where you can just take the wheels off and set it on the pad, and it will charge wirelessly.

Posted by: SciVo at May 27, 2026 05:04 AM (Sy6m/)

16 Good night all

Posted by: SciVo at May 27, 2026 05:04 AM (Sy6m/)

17 If a Tuesday Overnight Open Thread (a "Tuesday ONT") could be recast as a TOOT, then a Wednesday Overnight Open Thread could be a WOOT.
Posted by: m

TOOT, WOOT, TOOT, FOOT, SOOT, SOOT & then Monday renders it all MOOT.

Morning all. New day is dawning in Texas.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 27, 2026 05:06 AM (uJsfk)

18 6 >>>Straightcougarftw

NSFW? By that labeling....
Posted by: m

The video? Not remotely. It's from Ichigo Mashimaro which is one of the most harmless anime series ever made.

The song? A little less harmless, I suppose.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 27, 2026 05:06 AM (BLOW1)

19 13 Pixy, as a highly respected, influential and internationally recognized connoisseur of laptops, what Is the one essential size?
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram

10mm.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at May 27, 2026 05:07 AM (BLOW1)

20 10mm.
Posted by: Pixy Misa

Well played. Lol.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 27, 2026 05:08 AM (glnUu)

21 "uncle Ted" shoots 10mm...

Posted by: JQ at May 27, 2026 05:12 AM (rdVOm)

22
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at May 27, 2026 05:17 AM (AMvSw)

23 Evening and morning, AoSHQ satellites! A fine Woden's Day, innit, with Paxton defeating Cornyn last night? "I love the smell of John Cornyn's burning office in the morning. It smells like . . . victory."

Or words to that effect. RIP, Robert Duvall.

Anyway! I be up, sipping coffee, after tumbling, confused, but not frightening dreams I can't recall. Waiting to see if the seller of my potential new house will accept the offer I sent yesterday. And it's SS payday, which means I have shopping and errands to do.

Whatchoo up to?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 27, 2026 05:20 AM (wzUl9)

24 Hi, Wolfus! Glad you've hopefully found a new home.

Good luck!

Posted by: JQ at May 27, 2026 05:22 AM (rdVOm)

25 77 nasty degrees now. The high chance of rain we were promised or threatened with yesterday never materialized around here. Today we have another 70% chance, but . . .

Lately I've noted a slow leak in the right rear tire of my Buick. The Kelly Sports on the rear have road hazard warranty, so my visit to the tire shop today should not cost me anything but a little time.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 27, 2026 05:24 AM (wzUl9)

26 Hi, Wolfus! Glad you've hopefully found a new home.

Good luck!
Posted by: JQ at May 27, 2026

***
Hello, JQ! I well remember our chats back in the days when I was working, and got up at 3 am to work out. How are things in the Outer West?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 27, 2026 05:25 AM (wzUl9)

27 International Fellowship of Christians and Jews devotional on "The Lord's face" and Numbers 6:24-26:

https://tinyurl.com/3zwvwnmh

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 27, 2026 05:27 AM (ix8EF)

28 Fed up dog walks out of vet clinic with technician still on its back. Faithpot site

https://tinyurl.com/pmmxmaaa

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 27, 2026 05:30 AM (ix8EF)

29 The furry thugs are well. Stirling is out here near me; I'm not sure where Dagny is. I'd better go check the closets to see if I accidentally shut her into one last night . . .

. . . No! I didn't. Here she is.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 27, 2026 05:32 AM (wzUl9)

30 15 11 No worries, an Apple designer was involved, so I'm sure they'll develop a charging pad where you can just take the wheels off and set it on the pad, and it will charge wirelessly.
Posted by: SciVo at May 27, 2026 05:04 AM (Sy6m/)

I've just recharged my Magic Mouse--which you cannot use while it's plugged in to charge (not wirelessly)--and your description is cracking me up as an excellent analogy. My mouse during recharging was like a turtle on its back. Fast recharge, tho.

Posted by: m at May 27, 2026 05:35 AM (6wpGE)

31 The "Sail 250" naval fleet will be docking along the river here tomorrow. Tall ships! Worth going to see despite the hot weather, I'll warrant. ("Reef the main tops'l, Mister Bush!" "Aye aye, sir!")

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 27, 2026 05:35 AM (wzUl9)

32 >>How are things in the Outer West?

We had a *very* mild winter, with practically zero snowfall and little rain. Spring was/is a bit dry, though not completely.

Hubby is doing okay so far, now in nursing home. I fear he's declining... we've already had *years more* than originally predicted, so cannot really complain. (but I do anyway)

Posted by: JQ at May 27, 2026 05:36 AM (rdVOm)

33 I've just recharged my Magic Mouse--which you cannot use while it's plugged in to charge (not wirelessly)--and your description is cracking me up as an excellent analogy. My mouse during recharging was like a turtle on its back. Fast recharge, tho.
Posted by: m at May 27, 2026

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The stock mouse that came with my inherited iMac began to give me troubles. Turned out I already had a standard black one that takes batteries; works fine. I have to be sure to turn it off (along with my chargeable, lit-up keyboard) when I finish with the computer, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 27, 2026 05:38 AM (wzUl9)

34 32 Hubby is doing okay so far, now in nursing home. I fear he's declining... we've already had *years more* than originally predicted, so cannot really complain. (but I do anyway)
Posted by: JQ at May 27, 2026 05:36 AM (rdVOm)

I'd wager that no one at the AoSHq hears your stories as complaints!

Posted by: m at May 27, 2026 05:38 AM (6wpGE)

35 "Cat" is 14 now, but still quite active! Hasn't brought me any presents lately, but isn't begging for much food, LOL.

Posted by: JQ at May 27, 2026 05:39 AM (rdVOm)

36 Good riddance to Cornyn, yet another toppled icon of the premise that no matter how much the Democrat party hates you and wants you to disappear... the GOPe hates you more.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 27, 2026 05:40 AM (Ot/FD)

37 Ah, Ichigo Mashimaro. It's an odd show but it's hilarious. Good start to my morning.

Meanwhile, at stately Pax Manor, two of our guests go home today. But in return, two more arrive so we're staying at seven dogs for a bit.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 27, 2026 05:40 AM (OPGS/)

38 I have been trying remember where I first saw a car that looked a lot like the Ferrari Luce and then it came to me: Mid 90s Ford Probe. So bland it was decades ahead of itself.

In other news the Luce in yellow is a looker.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 27, 2026 05:41 AM (glnUu)

39 I'll be traveling in style on the moon and mars in my Ferrari EV.

EVs are for space travel, - otherwise, a luxury and a waste of resources. Very impractical.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 27, 2026 05:42 AM (D1E+2)

40 Posted by: m at May 27, 2026 05:38 AM

Very kind of you to say. Thank you.

Posted by: JQ at May 27, 2026 05:43 AM (rdVOm)

41 I'm a little surprised there aren't lawsuits cooking against Ferrari already. An EV? Called the "Luce"? Lucid can't be super happy about that, can they?

What's next? Ferrari drops an affordable supercar with a V8 called the "Corv"?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 27, 2026 05:44 AM (Ot/FD)

42 "Cat" is 14 now, but still quite active! Hasn't brought me any presents lately, but isn't begging for much food, LOL.
Posted by: JQ at May 27, 2026

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Big black Stirling, age four, snagged his first mouse a little while ago. I'd seen him staking out the area around my nightstand, and then one night, staring intently at his litter box. I shifted the box -- and a gray mouse shot out and zipped under the bathroom door! I didn't see it again . . . until the next day, when I spotted something on the bedroom floor I thought was one of their toys. Uh, no. I scooped up the little corpse in the dustpan and disposed of it outside. (Oddly, it was gone an hour later.) The mouse did not look even partly mutilated, so Stirling didn't try eating any of it.

I give him credit for the kill because he was the one stalking it. Dagny was not there with him. She'll hunt other things, and plays with her toys as if chasing down a kill, but she wasn't in on this.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 27, 2026 05:44 AM (wzUl9)

43 The CTO of Uber pointed out the obvious: There is no link between AI token spend and shipping working software.

The pinpoint approaches the very large bubble.

Faster, please.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 27, 2026 05:45 AM (O7YUW)

44 Holy moly, I wasn't paying attention to the time... ugh!

Good night, horde. See ya later!

Posted by: JQ at May 27, 2026 05:45 AM (rdVOm)

45 Can we have a moment for silence for Al Green getting knocked the primary election. Those moments during the SOTU speeches where he started yelling at the President while waving his his cane at him where total highlight real material.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 27, 2026 05:46 AM (glnUu)

46 Holy moly, I wasn't paying attention to the time... ugh!

Good night, horde. See ya later!
Posted by: JQ at May 27, 2026

***
'Tis early, or late, for you, isn't it? Good night!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 27, 2026 05:46 AM (wzUl9)

47 Good morning! Kinda cool and wet outside. Seems like we've had a cooler, wetter than usual spring here in Cowtown. The pond is in full swing with bullfrogs and dragonflies. Everything is blooming and very soon we'll have some gambusia in there. I put some rainbow minnows in last year and saw a few as I was clearing out the lilies so it seems they made it through the winter.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 27, 2026 05:46 AM (3Ope8)

48 Good job, Stirling!

okay, really g'night now...

Posted by: JQ at May 27, 2026 05:47 AM (rdVOm)

49 >>>I'm a little surprised there aren't lawsuits cooking against Ferrari already. An EV? Called the "Luce"? Lucid can't be super happy about that, can they?

What's next? Ferrari drops an affordable supercar with a V8 called the "Corv"?

Posted by: Warai-otoko

>Just call it the Nikola, and we can besmirch Nikola Tesla in entirety.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 27, 2026 05:52 AM (D1E+2)

50 45 Can we have a moment for silence for Al Green getting knocked the primary election. Those moments during the SOTU speeches where he started yelling at the President while waving his his cane at him where total highlight real material.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 27, 2026 05:46 AM (glnUu)

I'm looking through Al Green's discography to find a suitable bye-bye song.

Posted by: m at May 27, 2026 05:52 AM (6wpGE)

51 Good news all around! Paxton trampled Cornyn and the VGK swept the Avs and that pretentious ice back, McKinnon outta the run for the cup.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at May 27, 2026 05:52 AM (3Ope8)

52 45 Can we have a moment for silence for Al Green getting knocked the primary election.

Sorry. I have other plans:
https://youtu.be/QHZR9SA5pOg

Posted by: NR Pax at May 27, 2026 05:56 AM (OPGS/)

53 There's some great stuff on The Al Green's twitter page!

https://xcancel.com/algreen

Posted by: m at May 27, 2026 05:59 AM (6wpGE)

54 “ The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.”

John 1:14

Posted by: Marcus T at May 27, 2026 05:59 AM (vhFJq)

55 @29/Wolfus: "The furry thugs are well."

Thank you for updating us on these two, and Bravo to Stirling for his first mouse kill!

Not surprised at all to hear that the mouse that you disposed of outside disappeared within an hour.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 27, 2026 05:59 AM (O7YUW)

56 Now who's going to hold up the "Black People aren't Apes" sign?

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at May 27, 2026 06:03 AM (oHCVF)

57 Morning, Horde...how goes it?

My cats are giving me the side-eye, so I suppose I better get around to feeding them this morning.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at May 27, 2026 06:08 AM (gnNyN)

58 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: Das wird fuer die Allierten, aber auch fuer die Deutschen, der lengste Tag werden.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 27, 2026 06:09 AM (TZz9Q)

59 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 27, 2026 05:59 AM (O7YUW)

First *confirmed* mouse kill....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at May 27, 2026 06:09 AM (Ot/FD)

60 Ferrari Luce’s starting price is $640,000. That isn't its biggest flaw. That would be the charging port on the bottom of the car meaning you have to turn it over to charge it.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at May 27, 2026 04:54 AM (glnUu)
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"It's a Ferrari!"

"It's a shit-box!"

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at May 27, 2026 06:11 AM (TZz9Q)

61 Wolfus: "The furry thugs are well."

Thank you for updating us on these two, and Bravo to Stirling for his first mouse kill!

Not surprised at all to hear that the mouse that you disposed of outside disappeared within an hour.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at May 27, 2026

***
We have feral cats around here, and crows. Coyotes have been reported, but I wouldn't expect to see them in the daytime.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 27, 2026 06:11 AM (wzUl9)

62 Around my house I have roadrunners, skunks, Mexican gray foxes (likely illegals), white winged doves (aka Mexican pigeons to me, also likely illegals) and one tuxedo cat that makes everybody nervous except the skunks.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 27, 2026 06:16 AM (glnUu)

63 Having breakfast: a scrambled seasoned egg atop a microwaved beef & bean burrito. I really can't tell much difference in flavor between the El Monterey brand, the regular Tina's burritos (the .58 ones at Walmart), and Aldi's generic beef & bean ones. They are all good. I put chili powder and cheese on all of them, though.

The Tina's Red Hot burritos are noticeably spicier.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 27, 2026 06:17 AM (wzUl9)

64 That Ferrari electric stupor-car, they working on Tron 4?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 27, 2026 06:17 AM (2GVsD)

65 Around my house I have roadrunners, skunks, Mexican gray foxes (likely illegals), white winged doves (aka Mexican pigeons to me, also likely illegals) and one tuxedo cat that makes everybody nervous except the skunks.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 27, 2026

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I don't think I've seen skunks or doves here. Early one morning, exercising on the wide avenue out back, I saw something that might have been a fox or a coyote; I couldn't tell at a distance in the dim light. We do have opossums. And Miss Linda and I saw a raccoon in a tree near the (long-closed) pool one cool afternoon years ago.

Now and then a crane will show up, stalking along the sidewalk or street with that deliberate pace of theirs, head bobbing as it goes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 27, 2026 06:21 AM (wzUl9)

66 mornin yall

"Our majority is melting down before our eyes,' an anonymous Republican Senator lamented to Punchbowl News last week"

Your majority is a pile of poop.

Posted by: fd at May 27, 2026 06:21 AM (vFG9F)

67 For the price of that Ferrari you could get a nice C8 Vette, a GT3, and a couple of Elantra Ns for grocery getters and still have enough left over for groceries and gas for 5 years.

Posted by: fd at May 27, 2026 06:24 AM (vFG9F)

68 For the price of that Ferrari I was able to buy a Hybrid RAV4 Limited, a Honda Trail 125, a house, furnish the house, and and still have enough money to do that again. It is slowly dawning on me that some people have a lot more money that I ever will have.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 27, 2026 06:29 AM (glnUu)

69 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, greetings from Amish Country at May 27, 2026 06:31 AM (bfy6w)

70 >>> It is slowly dawning on me that some people have a lot more money that I ever will have.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions

>Is it better to be rich and die at 35 or middle class and live to be older than 65? Who wins?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 27, 2026 06:33 AM (D1E+2)

71 >Is it better to be rich and die at 35 or middle class and live to be older than 65? Who wins?
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

How rich are we talking here?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 27, 2026 06:34 AM (glnUu)

72 Colbert already has another gig on a little-known Michigan public access show. They didn't put him in prime time though, with shows like "Power Knitting with Kim and Karl" and "The Chicken Report", they put him on at 11:30 PM when there is no one watching except one guy slumped over in a nursing home lobby.

Posted by: fd at May 27, 2026 06:35 AM (vFG9F)

73 Nope; I don't want a "smart ring" that I wear which will sense my moods. connect me with "AI curated scripture" and link me with others who share the same concerns . Article from "Christian Post":

https://tinyurl.com/3rcnrd5d

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 27, 2026 06:36 AM (ix8EF)

74 I honestly don't recall the last time I was up at 11:30 pm. Not even on New Year's Eve.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 27, 2026 06:38 AM (wzUl9)

75
Good morning, Hordians. This is the Pentecost Embertide. I'm beyond the age of fasting but I'll be abstaining and having fish today, Friday and Saturday.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 27, 2026 06:38 AM (HdYcL)

76 >>>How rich are we talking here?

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions

>Hunter Biden rich. I'm surprised the STDs didn't get him two decades ago.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 27, 2026 06:38 AM (D1E+2)

77 Nope; I don't want a "smart ring" that I wear which will sense my moods. connect me with "AI curated scripture" and link me with others who share the same concerns . Article from "Christian Post":

https://tinyurl.com/3rcnrd5d
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 27, 2026

***
Shades of 1974 and the "Mood Ring"! What's next, a rebirth of the Pet Rock?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 27, 2026 06:38 AM (wzUl9)

78 "Our majority is melting down before our eyes,' an anonymous Republican Senator lamented to Punchbowl News last week"
------

Well, you weren't doing anything with it, so you probably won't miss it.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 27, 2026 06:39 AM (kzFp0)

79 66 mornin yall

"Our majority is melting down before our eyes,' an anonymous Republican Senator lamented to Punchbowl News last week"

Your majority is a pile of poop.
Posted by: fd

Why? Because Cornyn lost? Either this quote is made up or the 'senator' is revealing the perils of bubble living.

Posted by: Puddleglum, greetings from Amish Country at May 27, 2026 06:39 AM (bfy6w)

80 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 27, 2026 06:38 AM (wzUl9

I guess the Pet Rock look like that alien on the "Hail Mary Project".

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 27, 2026 06:44 AM (ix8EF)

81 "Our majority is melting down before our eyes"

I thought I was feeling bad for this guy. Turns out it was indigestion.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 27, 2026 06:44 AM (OPGS/)

82 i hate technology. it was 30 steps to "onboard" a new job.......

fuck this I quit

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at May 27, 2026 06:44 AM (LOZbR)

83 Fender introduced the Stratocaster in the mid 1950s and never trademarked or copyrighted the design. Then Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton happened and for the next 60 years the Stratocaster was copied without complaint from Fender. Not a great business move.

To fix this, Fender sued, in a German or an EU court over copyright infringement, some 4th rate Chicom guitar maker that was making spot on perfect Strat copies. The Chicoms never showed up because they are Chicoms thus handing Fender an enforceable default judgment. Genuis!

And just like that Fender fired up the copy machine and started sending out cease and desist letters to every guitar maker on the planet that they not only need to quit infringing on Fender's copyright but recall and destroy every offending instruments these companies sold in Europe. It is not clear that there is time limit on how far Fender can look backwards.

Remarkably, this is considered controversial by every guitar maker on the planet not named Fender.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 27, 2026 06:47 AM (glnUu)

84 My son has to have a "huddle" with his co-workers in his work van at 7:00. They will all be on cameras in their separate vehicles. A huddle sounds like a football term.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 27, 2026 06:47 AM (ix8EF)

85 Good morning everyone and thank you Texas.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at May 27, 2026 06:53 AM (6eevs)

86 84 My son has to have a "huddle" with his co-workers in his work van at 7:00. They will all be on cameras in their separate vehicles. A huddle sounds like a football term.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 27, 2026 06:47 AM (ix8EF)

...........

Is it a white van? My 5 yr old granddaughter freaks out whenever she sees a white van. Someone told her kidnappers drive white vans and she should never go near one. We will be somewhere and see one and she will yell "White Van, stay away!!"

Posted by: Molly k. at May 27, 2026 06:56 AM (j/yko)

87 Good morning everyone and thank you Texas.

Yeah? F*** you, Texas!

Posted by: John Cornyn at May 27, 2026 06:57 AM (Riz8t)

88 Remarkably, this is considered controversial by every guitar maker on the planet not named Fender.

"Why didn't we think of that?"

Posted by: NR Pax at May 27, 2026 06:58 AM (OPGS/)

89 Yeah? F*** you, Texas!
Posted by: John Cornyn

Yeah, whatever. Just take my order and bring my food out already.

Posted by: NR Pax at May 27, 2026 06:58 AM (OPGS/)

90 Posted by: Molly k. at May 27, 2026 06:56 AM (j/yko

It's white and green with the company logo name and a picture so probably not the best van to have to kidnap people.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 27, 2026 06:59 AM (ix8EF)

91 I don’t think any real car enthusiast is going to buy an electric Ferrari.

Jay Leno is certainly not going to buy one.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 27, 2026 06:59 AM (XV/Pl)

92 Fucking Whataburger worm employee just tried to rip me off. Placed order on app as usual. Get to restaurant. Go inside. Fucking slimy worm tells me the system canceled my order and I'll have to reorder.

Fuck you. No fucking way. Already got confirmation from my bank that the order was successfully processed and paid for. Just waiting for my bank to open to dispute the charge. Going to be calling the store owner. And ripping ass on Facebook and Instagram.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 27, 2026 07:01 AM (TtKY7)

93 McCornholyn spent $120 M por NADA

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 27, 2026 07:01 AM (/+uur)

94 Senator Cornblow's victory party ballroom had 50 seat capacity. It was too big.

Posted by: kingsman at May 27, 2026 07:02 AM (ehY6c)

95 Al Green

AMF

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 27, 2026 07:02 AM (/+uur)

96 Two from Georgia
One from Michigan
One from Wisconsin
One from Pennsylvania
One from Arizona
One from Nevada

All would have been Republican seats if not for ferocious vote fraud. And Republicans in the Senate cannot be bothered to defend against it.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 27, 2026 07:04 AM (l26NL)

97 Good morning morons

Is Tehran burning?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 27, 2026 07:06 AM (RIvkX)

98
It is not clear that there is time limit on how far Fender can look backwards.

Remarkably, this is considered controversial by every guitar maker on the planet not named Fender.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 27, 2026 06:47 AM (glnUu)

My impression has been that if you fail to assert your trademark you lose the right to go after people over it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 27, 2026 07:06 AM (HdYcL)

99 "Is Tehran burning?"

By and large, the people that live in Tehran have zero to do with how they govern. The irgc and the basijiis care nothing for them.

How is burning Tehran to ground going to help?

Posted by: Will Robinson at May 27, 2026 07:08 AM (HIzgC)

100 100

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 27, 2026 07:08 AM (/+uur)

101 Watching Youtube. There was a recent major snooker tournament in Chicomland named "Likang Roasted Eel - Jumma Cup Snooker World Open."

Next up is the "Wet Market Bat Flu Goo Snooker Tournament."

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 27, 2026 07:09 AM (glnUu)

102 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 27, 2026 07:09 AM (VyBeY)

103
And in other happy news, Annise Parker, the carpet-munching former Houston mayor, lost her runoff for Harris County judge. I despise animal-rights people.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 27, 2026 07:09 AM (HdYcL)

104 All would have been Republican seats if not for ferocious vote fraud. And Republicans in the Senate cannot be bothered to defend against it.

Posted by: Blutarski

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A majority that big - why, people would expect some results.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 27, 2026 07:10 AM (gpQ8/)

105 100 100
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 27, 2026 07:08 AM (/+uur)

I snoozed and losed!

Posted by: m at May 27, 2026 07:10 AM (6wpGE)

106 105 100 100
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 27, 2026 07:08 AM (/+uur)

I snoozed and losed!
Posted by: m at May 27, 2026 07:10 AM (6wpGE)

it is the new 1

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 27, 2026 07:11 AM (/+uur)

107 My impression has been that if you fail to assert your trademark you lose the right to go after people over it.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

One would think that applies here. Except Fender has that BS copyright infringement judgment in the EU; that seems to have a shot at opening the door. What is certain this is going to become a reputation destroying dick move by Fender.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 27, 2026 07:12 AM (glnUu)

108 Can we have a moment for silence for Al Green getting knocked the primary election. Those moments during the SOTU speeches where he started yelling at the President while waving his his cane at him where total highlight real material.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 27, 2026 05:46 AM (glnUu)
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He will "Get Tired of Being Alone"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 27, 2026 07:13 AM (RIvkX)

109 These Texas races we 60 to 30.
How did the internal polling people not tell Cornyn and Green that they were down 2 to 1.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 27, 2026 07:13 AM (/+uur)

110 How is burning Tehran to ground going to help?
Posted by: Will Robinson at May 27, 2026 07:08 AM (HIzgC)
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It is an allegory to the question "Is Paris Burning?" but what I want to know by asking is whether we have decided to win, or decided to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 27, 2026 07:15 AM (RIvkX)

111 "These Texas races we 60 to 30.
How did the internal polling people not tell Cornyn and Green that they were down 2 to 1."

Simple answer is that they believe their own bullshit. They've lied to themselves so much that the lies are now known as the truth and nothing but the truth.

Posted by: Will Robinson at May 27, 2026 07:15 AM (zBgIx)

112 Huge defeat for the uniparty. Will those Senators learn anything? Nope, not a chance.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at May 27, 2026 07:16 AM (UqeTT)

113 106 105 100 100
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 27, 2026 07:08 AM (/+uur)

I snoozed and losed!
Posted by: m at May 27, 2026 07:10 AM (6wpGE)

it is the new 1
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 27, 2026 07:11 AM (/+uur)

; )

Posted by: m at May 27, 2026 07:17 AM (6wpGE)

114 He will "Get Tired of Being Alone"
Posted by: San Franpsycho

And pine "For the Good Times".

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 27, 2026 07:18 AM (l26NL)

115 114 He will "Get Tired of Being Alone"
Posted by: San Franpsycho

And pine "For the Good Times".
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at May 27, 2026 07:18 AM (l26NL)

After "Let's Stay Together" didn't work out for him!

Posted by: m at May 27, 2026 07:19 AM (6wpGE)

116
One would think that applies here. Except Fender has that BS copyright infringement judgment in the EU; that seems to have a shot at opening the door.

Not a lawyer, but it looks like Fender's assertions were never tested because a default judgement was entered. So no one has yet asserted that Fender's claims are tauroscatological.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 27, 2026 07:20 AM (HdYcL)

117 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. 63 cloudy degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor, with a high of 83 expected. Rain is coming for the next three days, which should drop the temperature to a more manageable level.

Got a scene to write today, which I think is going to take me a couple of hours to get just right.

Feeling blue, though not really sad per se. A usual day, I suppose.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 27, 2026 07:21 AM (qRla/)

118 The only Fender I’m in the market for is a Baritone Telecaster.

They were only made for a handful of years and finding one in good condition and actually for sale is rare.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 27, 2026 07:21 AM (XV/Pl)

119 "What is certain this is going to become a reputation destroying dick move by Fender."

ah, another company taken over by the lawyers & beancounters, alas.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at May 27, 2026 07:23 AM (VyBeY)

120 The AKC charged me $65 to update the ownership certificate on my female. All I wanted was for the AKC to remove my wife's name as a registered co-owner.

Simple thing to do. $65 frickin' bucks.

Plus they are now spamming my email with "special offers" for pet health insurance and what not.

So glad I'm done with that organization now.

Posted by: one hour sober at May 27, 2026 07:23 AM (J4Dwc)

121 A super belated BOING!

Beginning a super belated lunch.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 27, 2026 07:24 AM (MtA6K)

122
So glad I'm done with that organization now.
Posted by: one hour sober at May 27, 2026 07:23 AM (J4Dwc)

Spare a tear for those left behind. Although I get to sleep with one of the delegates.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 27, 2026 07:26 AM (HdYcL)

123 >>>Fuck you. No fucking way. Already got confirmation from my bank that the order was successfully processed and paid for. Just waiting for my bank to open to dispute the charge. Going to be calling the store owner. And ripping ass on Facebook and Instagram.

Posted by: rickb223

>Gotta love modern technology. It's so convenient and efficient. Works every time.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at May 27, 2026 07:26 AM (D1E+2)

124 I think I may have mentioned that I have a family of rabbits living under my shed. Apparently, Mother Rabbit has had children. The other day, my doggehs Luna and Odessa were chasing two little ones, and the poor things were squealing in terror; Luna managed to bite one at least a couple of times before I could get hold of her. I didn't see any bodies, so I am hoping she only nipped in play and didn't fatally wound the baby.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at May 27, 2026 07:28 AM (qRla/)

125 When moronic upper management explicitly tells their software weasels that they will be evaluated on their level of AI use and are then surprised that those software weasels max out AI use...

Mgmt: You will be evaluated on these objective criteria.
Engineer: Hmmm, can I manipulate that criteria? Yes, I can. Will it have a positive effect on my work? Who cares.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at May 27, 2026 07:28 AM (ExV1e)

126 That weird new Ferrari Luce electric vehicle? Designed with the involvement of the company of former Apple design head Jony Ive. (The Verge) (archive site)

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They are real. I saw one yesterday! $640,000...for that money ? what is its market ??

Posted by: runner at May 27, 2026 07:35 AM (GD0B3)

127
JJS

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 27, 2026 07:36 AM (/+uur)

128 McCornholyn spent $120 M por NADA

Well, not exactly for nothing.

Posted by: Campaign consultant in his new beach house at May 27, 2026 07:41 AM (Riz8t)

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